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Czechia is heading to the polls to elect a new president in January to replace the controversial Miloš Zeman after a ten-year tenure in office. While it is unlikely that any candidate will win the majority of the votes in...

The presidential election in Cyprus will take place on 5 February. The president of Cyprus is not only the head of state but also represents the country in the European Council. Centre-right Nicos Anastasiades (DISY-EPP) currently holds the position but...

Municipal elections will be held in May, while national parliamentary elections will be held on 10 December. Many view the municipal elections as the first litmus test for socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s governing coalition with left-wing Unidas Podemos (United...

Likely in spring, Bulgarians may need to vote in general elections, again. This would be the fifth general election in the last two years, since the main political forces in the poorest EU country still cannot form a stable parliamentary...

In Slovakia, the right-of-centre minority government of Prime Minister and European Council member Eduard Heger was brought down by a vote of no confidence on 15 October, meaning a snap election in the spring or fall of 2023 seems increasingly...

No elections are expected for 2023 in France at the moment. However, the risk of an early legislative election cannot be totally ruled out. In June, voters denied President Emmanuel Macron, re-elected in April 2022, an absolute majority in the...

Steelmakers have warned against the EU's recently-agreed carbon border tariff, saying it won't protect them from foreign competition and threatens their survival.

The Greek MEP at the centre of a scandal over corruption allegations linked to Qatar that have rocked the European Parliament was denied release from pre-trial detention on Thursday (22 December), prosecutors said.

Russian airlines have held exploratory talks with at least one major Western leasing firm about using state funds to buy some of the more than 400 aircraft stranded in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, according to documents and sources.

Russia said that Ukraine acquiring Patriot missiles from the United States, announced during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington, would not help settle the conflict or prevent Moscow from achieving its goals.

When policymakers address the climate impact of buildings, most of their attention is focused on reducing emissions released during the building’s operation. Embodied emissions – those linked to all the other phases of a building’s whole life – must not be forgotten, writes Roxana Dela Fiamor.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has accelerated the process of states ‘weaponising information’ and disinformation and the EU needs to refocus its efforts on tackling attempts at disinformation and manipulation around elections, said an EU official at a recent event hosted by EURACTIV. 

The new parliament is to be elected on 22 October, while the new heads of state will be elected on 12 December. The 2023 elections will show whether the 2019 green wave can be sustained. If the green party can...

Greece will elect a new national parliament by July 2023. Polls suggest Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ centre-right New Democracy party (EPP Group) is set to defend its position as the strongest party. However, different from 2019, Mitsotakis may be unable...

On 2 April, Finland will elect a new parliament, which will determine the fate of European Council member and centre-left Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Current polls suggest that Marin’s government coalition of the Social Democratic party, the Centre party, the...

Two developments that took place almost simultaneously this week signal that we should brace for a long war in Ukraine, lasting throughout 2023 and possibly even longer.

The European Commission gave a green light, needed under the EU state aid framework, for France to help wind energy producers temporarily increase the capacity of their farms.

November 29th, the Olympique Lyonnais football club inaugurated the installation of the latest photovoltaic shades on the car parks of its stadium, the Groupama Stadium. This was an opportunity for EURACTIV France to meet those involved in this long-standing project...

Increases in food prices and shortages worry most European consumers, new research reveals, while nearly half of those surveyed believe these costs are being unfairly distributed across the continent.

With plans for a national nutrition strategy in the EU Farm to Form vein, German agriculture minister Cem Özdemir wants to make diets healthier and more plant-based, but some say the proposal is dictating what people can and cannot eat.